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Hyundai Tucson · 2006

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V113000·2013-04-01

    Hyundai Recalls 1.7 Million Vehicles for Stop Lamp Switch Defect

    Hyundai is recalling 1,712,336 vehicles from model years 2006-2011 because a malfunctioning stop lamp switch may prevent brake lights from illuminating or disable cruise control, increasing crash risk.

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    HYUNDAI — HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE, ELANTRA TOURING, GENESIS, VERACRUZ
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE19003 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery:cables
  • RQ17004 Recall Query · engine
  • PE13033 Preliminary Evaluation · service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip:control unit/module
  • PE13007 Preliminary Evaluation · suspension:rear
  • PE09003 Preliminary Evaluation · electronic stability control

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2016 · powertrain 512 complaints, median 9,600 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2017 · powertrain 285 complaints, median 12,800 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2016 · engine 236 complaints, median 80,000 mi
    Includes 9 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2016 · body 195 complaints, median 59,300 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2018 · engine 165 complaints, median 72,000 mi
    Includes 5 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

952 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.5/5 · 55 complaints
  • 2025: 3.1/5 · 278 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2024: 3.5/5 · 94 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2023: 3.6/5 · 131 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2022: 3.3/5 · 380 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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